BLG101: Introduction to Blogging
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BLG101: Introduction to Blogging
Buket Kısmet Şal
April 28, 2014
+What is a blog?
A website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis.
+Some numbers on blogging
+Blog Types
Hobbyists Blogs as a hobby Mostly personal
posts
Full Time Bloggers Trying to
make money of blogging
Half-time Bloggers Create
additional income
Support their professional career
Corporate Present services /
products Managed by “Social
Media experts”
+Blog Topics
Technol-ogy; 21%
General; 20%
Politics; 19%
Other; 17%
Personal; 9%
Gossip; 8%
News; 6%
+Making money with blogging
Easiest way: Write blogs for someone else
With your blog: Online advertisements and banners Sponsored blog posts
Some well known blogs earn significant money Huffington Post ($2.5M) Mashable ($500K)
+How to start a blog…
1. Start with deciding on what to blog about
2. Decide on the blog name
3. Decide on the address and platform Blogger / Wordpress / Tumblr …
4. Select a theme that is relevant to your blog
5. Post your first blog entry
6. Promote your blog
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Part IIStarting you free blog
+Go to www.wordpress.com & click Get Started
+In the next screen select your username & blog name and select “I’ll use the free address”
+Final steps before complete
Scroll down the page and click Create Blog button.
It is almost done!..
+Set the name, tagline (text right under the name) and the language of the blog
+Choose a theme (Note that some of the are not free!)
+Customize your theme if you want to…
+Connecting to your social accounts
+Choose your first blog post type
+Create your first blog post
+Activate your account from your e-mail and you are done
+Here is how it looks like at the end..
+Moving on…
You can use
yourblogname.wordpress.com/wp-admin
address to manage your blog(s), change themes, share new posts or edit/delete the older ones.
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Not finished yet..
I want you to create a new blog using WordPress and share at least one post..
And…
Promote your new blog using the hashtag #hrde525 on Twitter
Who needs handouts when you have this presentation??
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